General Knowledge Quiz
1. How many pairs of legs do arachnids have?
A Four
B Eight
C Six
D Ten
2. Of which country is the Dáil Éireann the representative assembly?
A Republic of Ireland B Wales
C Scotland D England
3. Who designed the first British jet aircraft to fly?
A Sir Frank Windsor B Sir Frank Wallace C Sir Frank West D Sir Frank Whittle
4. Which small nocturnal primate is also called a galago?
A Kangaroo B Koala C Lemur D Bushbaby
5. Who wrote the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?
A Puccini B Dvorak C Tchaikovsky D Mozart
6. At the 2022 Brit Awards, which Adele single won the best song prize?
A Easy on Me
B Oh My God
C Water Under the Bridge D Hello
7. What is the female reproductive unit of a flowering plant called?
A Carpel B Stem C Petal D Pollen
8. Which of the following terms best describes the element xenon?
A Alkali metal B Noble gas C Inert metal D Lanthanide
9. What was the pen name of the novelist Marie-Henri Beyle?
A Lumiere
B Stendhal
C Gaston
D Ionesco
10. Which English bishop and missionary wrote Naught for your Comfort about South African apartheid?
A Thomas Hardy
B James Hanson
C Trevor Huddleston
D George Hodgson
11. What nationality was detective writer Georges Simenon?
A Hungarian B Austrian C Belgian D French
12. Which sugar occurs naturally in honey, fruits and vegetables?
A Lipose B Sucrose C Fructose D Lactose
13. Which British general founded the Boy Scouts?
A Lord Michael-Rogers B Lord Baden-Powell C Lord Rydon-Dale D Sir William Booth
14. Which U.S. president was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A John F Kennedy B William McKinley C Abraham Lincoln D James Garfield
15. What is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia?
A Vancouver B Victoria C Ottawa D Montreal